Yes that's the definitive use case. Usually you have to explicitly describe the wait, so you need to write the code a certain way. I think OP was referring to t

Yes that's the definitive use case. Usually you have to explicitly describe the wait, so you need to write the code a certain way. I think OP was referring to the fact that threading / forking processes is usually just as effective, and you don't have to rewrite all your code from the ground up.